Tim Atkin Vintage Highlights

Timed Online Auction, 3 - 20 October 2025

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‘I’m proud to have my name associated with this auction, it’s a celebration of the people, the wines, and the country that I believe are shaping the future of fine wine. Now is the time to buy South African wine, the world is going to discover these wines, and prices will rise.“ – Tim Atkin MW

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  • Newton Johnson; Family Vineyards Chardonnay; 2018; 3 (1 x 3); 750ml
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Newton Johnson
2018 Family Vineyards Chardonnay
3 (1 x 3) 750ml
Chardonnay is compelling when it has energy, giving you an impressionists’ experience of natural light. It is an elusive quality that great wines share despite the versatility of the variety. It is more of a winemakers’ wine where observation pays off, and though it is easy to make, in contrast it is surprisingly easy to muddy the message from the vineyard. The Family Vineyards Chardonnay is comprised of three vineyard sites from the farm, widely varied in their exposure to the sun. The vibrancy, clear cut structure and long flavour we perceive from these granitic slopes is our safeguarded jewel.

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Wine Cellar Private Client

Critics Ratings

'The Family Vineyards bottling is a cuvée of three vineyards, two of them north-facing and one south. Fermented with full malolactic in 2018 because of high natural malic acid levels, this is youthful, weighty and complex, with assertive oak and a fine, chiselled, refreshing finish. 2020-25.' - Tim Atkin MW, SA Special Report 2019, 94/100

'Different aspects of 3 granite vineyards, hence 2018's layers. Bunch pressed and wild fermented in barrel (as all): stonefruit and citrus, complex scents and flavours open up in the glass, roasted nut and oatmeal, lime and tangerine. Layered and involving.' - Platter's SA Wine Guide 2020, 4.5* (94/100)

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